Dr. Mike Milton from Reformed Theological Seminary – Charlotte has recently given his two cents on the Lambeth Conference over at his blog. Dr. Milton has said that the controversy has lead him into a state of prayer over the entire Church. He closes his comments with a sermon on staying true to the Scriptures from Romans 1:24-32. Here’s his introduction
The worldwide Anglican Communion is meeting at Lambeth. The controversies over the ordination of a homosexual to bishop in the Episcopal Church US are threatening to fracture that Communion. Meanwhile, the African bishops and other evangelicals around the world have concluded their historic meeting in Jerusalem where they drafted a strong confessional statement. The Anglicans in Africa, for example, where the bishops and archbishops have stood their ground, Ryle-like, on the 39 Articles of Religion, are growing and great numbers of people are coming to Christ, while Lambeth languishes. In America this summer the Presbyterian Church USA voted in such a way as to further divide that denomination. Abandoning language aboust chastity, and further eroding the Biblical moorings that hold a Church together, the PCUSA continues its now increasingly lonely drift away from orthodoxy. There are many great churches in that Communion and my prayer is that Christ will be honored and glorified with the voices of Truth that surely remain. But even as they continue to divide, like the Anglicans, a continuing witness, through the New Wineskins Movement and other confessional groups, are growing in numerical and, I would say, in spiritual strength.
All of this has led me to prayer over the state of the Church. And from this prayer, I now want to share with you some thoughts on the relationship of our confession with the crises that invariably comes when sacred words are so easily abandoned. These thoughts came, first, through a message I preached from the Epistle to the Romans.
Whether an entire Communion, or a denomination, or a local church, or one Christian, the challenge remains the same: true to the Scriptures, to the old Reformed Faith, and to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
You can view the entire article and sermon here.
